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On October 12, 2016, the crew of "Doctor Strange" arrived at the Shanghai International Airport with a high profile.

On that day, the Shanghai International Airport was jammed with traffic. Countless young girls holding lucky posters almost occupied the airport pick-up area, making it impossible for other tourists to even move forward.

Fortunately, with the best coordination of the airport security, no accident occurred in the end. Juan Fu also showed up generously and interacted with the fans who came all the way to pick up the airport, leaving some photos and signatures.

After getting on the bus to pick him up from the airport, Benedict Wang finally had the time to say with emotion: "Wow, brother, you are so popular in China."

Although they are older than Juan Fu, Wang and he have a very good relationship, not only because their characters in the drama are both teachers and friends, but also because they are both British.

To be honest, Juan Fu was also frightened by the enthusiasm of the Magic City International Airport.

He thought his popularity in China was average, after all, he had not had any works released in China before.

"Director, you have never told me that I am so popular in China." Benedict Cumberbatch, who has always been gentle and gentle, also became a little excited for the first time.

"Really?" Wu Yuan touched his chin: "It seems that I never told you."

"do not you know?"

"You are quite popular in China, mainly because of the TV series "Sherlock". You played Sherlock very well. You have many fans in China, most of them are young and beautiful girls."

"By the way, they also gave you a Chinese nickname "Juan Fu", which translated means - Curly Hair Holmes."

"You have a curly hair style in the drama, and Fu is the first pronunciation of Sherlock Holmes in Chinese. Combining the two forms the name "Curly Fu", which is the nickname given to you by fans of the drama."

"Curly beard?" Benedict Cumberbatch lamely imitated Wu Yuan's Chinese with an enthusiastic expression on his face.

"Mr. Director, you really should have told me this earlier!"

"Sorry~" Wu Yuan spread his hands: "I thought your agent would collect this information. After all, you are coming to China, right?"

Wu Yuan also didn't expect that Benedict Cumberbatch's manager didn't collect any information about his artist's reputation and popularity in China?

Sure enough, he is an arrogant British guy who has never paid attention to the Chinese market.

But think about it, even Benedict Cumberbatch's most famous TV series in China, "Sherlock", actually did not bring him a single cent of China's income. After all, the Chinese audience watched it It is a free resource generated by the subtitle group for love.

It can be said that his Chinese fans have not paid a penny for him, and he has not received any endorsements or event announcements from China.

As a result, it is understandable that his agent does not pay attention to the Chinese market and did not do any research in advance.

Not intending to have an in-depth chat on this boring topic, Wu Yuan raised his hand and looked at the time on his watch, and said in deep thought: "There are still four or five hours before ten o'clock in the evening. You need me to be your guide to take you on the magical journey. Want to take a look around?"

"We have a lot of time, the premiere is four days away."

"Of course." Rachel, who had been sleepy since getting in the car, and who had not been able to adapt to the jet lag, immediately became energetic. She straightened her back and grabbed Wu Yuan's seat back, and said enthusiastically: "I heard that there is a delicious food in China. , called Buddha to jump over the wall, very delicious! ”

"Director, can you take us to have a taste?"

"Buddha jumped over the wall?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "I didn't expect you to know this dish."

"But this is a famous dish from southern China. You may be able to eat it in Shanghai, but it may not be authentic. It's like having Texas-style barbecue all over the United States, but only Texas has the best taste."

"It doesn't matter, at least you can eat here." Rachel didn't mind at all, her eyes were full of expectation.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan could only ask around with his eyes. After seeing that the others had no objections, he nodded and agreed: "Then let's go to eat Buddha and jump over the wall tonight. I'll ask my friends to see which restaurant is here in the magic city." The hotel is the most authentic.”

That night, Wu Yuan led a group of young foreigners from the "Doctor Strange" crew to a hotel in Xuhui where they were making Buddha Jump Over the Wall. I heard that the chef was invited from Fujian, and the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall was called a typical.

Wu Yuan, who has never had Buddha Jumping Over the Wall in Fuguang area, doesn’t know whether the chef’s cooking is authentic or not. Anyway, he thought it was delicious when he ate it, and several foreigners on the crew also thought it was delicious. That was enough. .

Well, Wu Yuan always felt horrified when he saw Uncle Ba's elegant manners, chewing slowly and eating Buddha jumping over the wall.

The next day, after getting over the jet lag, these foreign actors, who were all visiting mainland China for the first time, continued to play on the streets of Magic City under the leadership of Wu Yuan.

It was the first time for them to come to mainland China. Their previous understanding of China was basically based on biased foreign reports and Wu Yuan's dictation, and they lacked understanding of the real China.

After coming to the magic city this time, although they could not be said to have refreshed their three views, it did allow them to see the charm of modern China.

At least from the perspective of the city of Magic City, it is not inferior to metropolitan cities such as Los Angeles and New York at all, and it is also extremely playable!

After taking them to the Bund, Chenghuang Temple and other places for a tour, and taking them to eat some Chinese specialties, they were all very satisfied and had a real understanding of China.

Although they didn't know the Chinese saying that what you hear is not true, what you see is true, they did experience this artistic conception.

The difference between China described by foreign media and the real China is indeed very big, which made Benedict Cumberbatch and others very emotional, and also felt the prejudice and deliberate smearing of China by the European and American world.

At the same time, on the domestic Internet, the news about the arrival of the "Doctor Strange" crew in Shanghai, as well as the photos of several leading actors landing at the airport and the Reuters photos of encounters on the streets of Shanghai were also circulated everywhere on Weibo and other platforms.

Mainly, Wu Yuan and Benedict Cumberbatch were often recognized on the streets of Shanghai, and were secretly or openly photographed by many passers-by.

Wu Yuan is needless to mention. Benedict Cumberbatch is the only actor in the "Doctor Strange" crew who is well-known in China except Wang Xueqi. It is not surprising that he was recognized.

As Wu Yuan said, there are still a group of "Benedict Cumberbatch" fans on the mainland Internet, and they are also looking forward to Benedict Cumberbatch's first movie released in China.

Not to mention Marvel movie fans. In the past few days, all the news about "Doctor Strange" and the image and background story in the original comics have been mentioned over and over again on the Internet.

Everyone is looking forward to the Chinese premiere of this movie.

It was also under this expectation that Wu Yuan personally came to the airport to pick up Wang Xueqi who came from Beijing on the third day after the "Doctor Strange" crew arrived in Shanghai. The "Doctor Strange" crew has officially arrived, and the premiere in Shanghai is about to begin! (End of this chapter)